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CLEVELAND, 0. 

%.,:*rsoc€ONSTITUT10N AND BY-LAWS 

E 202 OF THE 

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.fli3 National Society 

1894 
Copy 1 



OF THE 



■ DAUGHTERS 



OF THE 



Revolution 



PRESS OF W F ROBERTS 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 



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The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution 
was incorporated under the laws of Congress, applicable to the District of 
Columbia, June 8th, 189T, and by such incorporation "The Headquarters, or 
chief office, of said National Society was fixed in the City of Washington, in the 
District of Columbia." 



ExcbaniTO 
West. Ees. Hist. Soc. 



Daughters of the American Revolution 



ORGANIZED AT WASHINGTON CITY, OCTOBER it, 1890. 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS JUNE 8, 1891. 

CHARTER MEMBERSHIP CLOSED OCTOBER 11, 1891. 

IRational ffioarb of flDanagement 
1894 

Ipresi^ent ©eneral 

MRS. ADLAI E. STKVKNSON, 
lya Norniandie, Washiugtou, D. C. 

Vice iPrcBiDent ©eueral in Gbarge of ©rganisation of Cbapters 

Mrs. a. C. Geer, 

No. 1223 N vStreet N. W., Washington, D. C. 

Dice iPresiDents (3eneral 



Mrs. Wm. R. Beale, 
Mrs. P\ W. Dickins, 
Miss Bugenia Washington, 
Mrs. a. Howard Ci^arke, 
Miss ElI/A I^oraine Dorsey, 
Mrs. Harry Heth, 
Mrs. R. Ogden Doremus, 
Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan, 
Mrs. SCHUYI.ER Hamilton, Jr., 
Mrs. EIvIzabeth Andrew H11.1., 



Mrs. M. S. Lockwood, 
Mrs. John Ritchie, 
Mrs. a. G. Brackett, 
Miss Virginia Mii^ler, 
Mrs. H. M. Shepakd, 
Mrs. Joshua Wii^bour, 
Mrs. Hoke Smith, 
Mrs. L. p. BIvACkburn, 
Mrs. Richard Hays, 
Mrs Henry Gannett. 



tTreasuret General 
Mrs. Miranda Tui^lock, 

No. 121 B street S. E., Washington, D. C. 

Secretaries General 

Recording: Corresponding: 

Mrs. Agnes Martin Burnett, Miss Mary Desha, 

No. 1750 Q Street N. W., No. 902 F Street N. W., 

Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C. 

IRecistrars General 

Miss Fedora I. Wilbur, Mrs. Chari^es Addison Mann, 

No. 1719 15th Street N. W., Washington, D. C. No. 1517 I, Street N. W., Washington, D. C. 

^ Miss Anna S. Maelett, 

No. 1454 Rhode Island Ave., Washington, D. C. 

Surgeon General 
Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee, 

No. 1225 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C. 

Ibistorian General 

Mrs. Henry F. Beount, 

"The Oaks," No. 3101 U Street N. W., Washington, D. C. 

Cbaplain General 

Mrs. B. T. Bueeock, 

No. 1316 Florida Avenue N. W., Washington, D. C. 

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state 1Re(jents 



Alabama 

Alaska 

Arizona - - - 

Arkansas 

California - 

Colorado *- 

Connecticut - 

Delaware - 

District of Columbia, 

Florida - - - 

Georgia 

Idaho _ - - 

Illinois 

Indiana - - 

Iowa - - - 

Kansas - - - 

Kentucky - 

Louisiana - » - 

Maine 

Maryland 

Massachusetts 

Michigan 

Minnesota - 

Mississippi 

Missouri 

Montana 

Nebraska - 

Nevada - - - 

New Hampshire 



Mrs. Jamks Bruce Morson, Birmingham, Ala. 



Mrs. Wm. a. Cantrei.1., No. 619 vScott Street, Little Rock. 
Mrs. V. K. Maddox, Occidental Hotel, San Francisco. 
Mrs. Wm. F. Si^ocum, 24 College Place, Colorado Springs. 
Mrs. DeB. RAND01.PH Keim, Hartford ; Washington, D. C. 
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Churchman, Wilmington. 
Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry, 2040 F St. N.W.,W^ashington. 
Mrs. D. G. Ambler, 411 West Church Street, Jacksonville. 
Mrs. Thos. S. Morgan, Meldrim. 

Mrs. S. H. KErfooT, 136 Rush Street, Chicago. 
Mrs. C. C. Foster, 762 N. Penn. Street, Indianapolis. 
Mrs. John A. T. HulIv, Des Moines ; Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. Henry L. Pope, 701 West Chestnut Street, Louisville. 
Mrs. Eliza C. Ferguson, 150 Julia Street, New Orleans. 
Mrs. John U. Chandler, Machias. 

Mrs. Charles M. Green, 78 Marlborough Street, Boston. 

Mrs. J. C. Burrows, 315 Woodward Ave., Kalamazoo. 

Mrs. R. M. Newport, 217 Summit Avenue, St Paul. 

Mrs. Wm. H. Sims, Cor. K and 12th vSts., Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. James J. O' Fallon, 3639 Olive Street, St. Louis. 

Mrs. E. a. Wasson, Great Falls. 

Mrs. M. M. Palmer, 4109 Lafayette Avenue, Omaha. 

Mrs. Arthur E. Clarke, 99 Lowell Street, Manchester. 



New Jersey 
New Mexico - 
New York - 
North Carolina 
North Dakota 
Ohio 

Oklahoma - 
Oregon - 
Pennsylvania 
Rhode Island 
South Carolina 
South Dakota 
Tennessee - 
Texas 
Utah - 
Vermont 
Virginia 
Washington - 

West Virginia 
Wisconsin 
Wyoming - 



Mrs. W. W. Shippen, 14 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 
Mrs. L. Bradford Prince, Santa Fe. 
Miss Louise Ward McAllister, 16 W. 36th St., N.Y.City. 
Mrs. M. McK. Nash, Newbern. 

Mrs. a. Howard Hinkle, 77 Pike Street, Cincinnati. 

Mrs. Cassius M. Barnes, Guthrie. 

Mrs. James B. Montgomery, Portland, ♦ 

Mrs. N. B. Hogg, 78 Church Avenue, Allegheny. 

Miss Amelia S. Knight, 366 Broadway Street, Providence. 

Mrs. R. C. Bacon, 123 Sumter Street, Columbia. 

Mrs. Walter A. Burleigh, 114 Broadway, Yankton. 

Mrs. J. Harvey Mathes, 29 Cynthia Place, Memphis. 

Mrs. James B. Clark, State University, Austin. 

Mrs. Jesse Burdett, Bardwell House, Rutland. 

Mrs. Wm. Wirt Henry, 415 E. Frankhn Street, Richmond. 

Mrs. Edwin G. Crabbe, Tacoma ; 810 N. C. Ave., S. E., 

Washington, D. C. 
Mrs. Charles J. Goff, Clarkesburg. 
Mrs. James S. Peck, 5 Waverly Place. IVIilwaukee. 
Mrs. G. W. Baxter, 719 East i7tli Street, Cheyenne. 



Ibonorar? \Dice prcai&ente General 

Mrs. IvEi^and Stanford, 
Mrs. Margaret Hktzei., Mrs, A. Leo Knott, 

Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, 

Mrs. John R. Putnam, Mrs. M. C. Butler. 



Mrs. p. C. Cheney, Mrs. Chas. Burhans, 

Mrs. J. C. Burrows, Mrs. Chas. Sweet Johnson, 

Mrs. Mary Sawyer Foot, Mrs. James Lyons. 



StanbiuQ Comniittees 

finance Committee 

Mrs. Miranda Tullock, Chairman. 
Mrs. F. W. Dickins, Mrs. A. G. Brackett, 

Mrs. a. Howard Clarke, Mrs. Schuyler Hamilton, Jr. 

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BuMtino Committee 

Mrs. NATHANiEiy B. Hogg, Chairman. 

Mrs. deB. Randolph Keim, Mrs. A. Howard Hinki^e, 

Mrs. J. Harvey Mathes, Miss Louise Ward McAli^ister, 

Mrs. V. K. Maddox, Mrs. Thos. S. Morgan, 

Mrs. John A. T. Hui.1., Mrs. R. M. Newport. 



IPrintin^ Committee 

Miss Mary Desha, Chairman. 

Mrs. Harry Heth, Mrs. deB. Randolph Keim, 

Mrs. a. C. Geer, Mrs. E. T. Bullock. 



IRevolutionar^ IRelics Committee 

Mrs. Henry F. Blount, Chairman, 

Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan, Mrs. Wm. R. Beale, 

Miss Eugenia Washington, Miss P'edora I. Wilbur. 



Bsecutivc Committee 

Mrs. a. K. Stevenson, Chairman ex officio. 

Mrs, M. Tuleock, 
Mrs. a. M. Burnett, 
Miss Desha, 
Mrs. C. a. Mann, 
Mrs. a. G. Brackett, 
Mrs. K. K. Henry, 
Mrs. H. Heth, 
Miss Washington, 
Miss Mii^eer. 



CONSTITUTION^. 



ARTICLE I. 

NAME AND MEMBERSHIP. 

Section i. The name of this Society shall be the Daughters oi? 
THE American Revoi^ution. 

Sec. 2. All persons duly qualified, who have been regularly admitted 
by the National board of Management, shall be members of the National 
Society, but, for purposes of convenience, they may be organized into 
local Chapters, as hereinafter provided. 

ARTICLE II. 

OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 

The objects of this Society are: 

(i) To perpetuate the memory and the spirit of the men and women 
who achieved American Independence, by the acquisition and protection 
of historical spots and the erection of monuments; by the encourage- 
ment of historical research in relation to the Revolution and the publica- 
tion of its results ; by the preservation of documents and relics, and of 



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the records of the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and 
patriots, and by the promotion of celebrations of all patriotic anniversa- 
ries. 

(2) To carry out the injunction of Washington in his farev^-ell address 
to the American people, "To promote, as an object of primary import- 
ance, institutions for the general diifusion of knowledge," thus develop- 
ing an enlightened public opinion, and affording to young and old such 
advantages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for performing 
the duties of American citizens. 

(3) To cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of American 
freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of countr}^ and to aid in 
securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty. 

ARTICLE III. 

EIIylGIBII^lTY AND ADMISSION. 

Section i. Any woman may be eligible for membership who is of the 
age of eighteen years, and who is descended from a man or woman who, 
with unfailing loyalty, rendered material aid to the cause of Independ- 
ence ; from a recognized patriot, a soldier or sailor or a civil officer, in 
one of the several Colonies or States, or of the United Colonies or States ; 
provided, that the applicant be acceptable to the Society. 



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Sec. 2. Every applicant for membership must be endorsed by at least 
one member of the National Society, and her application shall then be 
submitted to the Registrars General,* who shall report on the question 
of eligibility to the General Board of Management, when the question of 
admission shall be voted upon by the Board by ballot, and if a majority 
of said Board approves such application, the applicant, after payment of 
the initiation fee, shall be enrolled as a member of the National Society. 

Sec. 3. All persons who.se applications are approved on or before Octo- 
ber II, 1891, shall be charter members of the National Society. 

ARTICLE IV. 

OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL, SOCIETY. 

Section i. The officers of the National Society shall be a President 
General, Vice President General in Charge of Organization of Chapters, 
eight Vice Presidents General, one Recording and one Corresponding 
Secretary General, two Registrars General, one Treasurer General, one 
Historian General, one Surgeon General, one Chaplain General, and such 
other officers as shall be found necessary. These officers shall be elected 
by ballot by a vote of the majority of the members present at the annual 
meeting of the Continental Congress of the Society, and shall hold office 

* In localities where Chapters are organized the application should be sent through 
the Chapter Registrar. {See Article VI., Section 2.) 



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for one year and until their successors shall be elected. No officer shall 
be eligible to the same office for more than two years consecutively. 

Sec. 2. The number of Vice Presidents General may be increased from 
time to time, not to exceed twenty in all, by a vote of two-thirds of the 
Board of Management. Honorary Vice Presidents General and Honorary 
State Regents may be elected by the Continental Congress, but all honor- 
ary and active officers shall possess the qualifications* of members of the 
Society. 

ARTICLE V. 

THE CONTINENTAL, CONGRESS. 

Section i. The Continental Congress of the National Society shall be 
composed of all the active officers of the National Society, one State 
Regent from each State, and the Regents and Delegates of each organized 
Chapter in the United States. 

Sec. 2. Bach Chapter which has more than fifty members may elect a 
Delegate to the Continental Congress, in addition to its Regent, for each 
fifty members or fraction of twenty-five, f The members of the Society in 

*A11 Regents and ofl&cers, active snd honorary, must be accepted niember.s of the 
National Society before they can hold oflSce of any kind. (See Article III, Section 2.) 

t A Chapter with 50 members elects (in addition to its Regent) one Delegate; with 75 
members two Delegates; with 125 members three Delegates; with 175 members four 
Delegates; with 225 members five Delegates, etc. 

Regents and Delegates unable to attend the Congress must be represented by duly 
elected Alternates. 



CONSTITUTION. 15 



Washington and vicinity may also elect Delegates in the same ratio of 
representation. 

Sec. 3. The annual meeting of the Continental Congress shall be held 
in Washington City, D, C, on the 22nd day of February in each year, or 
if that falls on Sunday the meeting shall be held on the following Wed- 
nesday. At this meeting the report of the Board of Management shall be 
considered; all the officers of the National Society shall be elected by ballot, 
and such business transacted as the good of the Society may require. 

Skc. 4. Special meetings shall be called by the Board of Management, 
or by the President General when directed so to do by the Board of Man- 
agement, or when requested in writing so to do by twenty-five or more 
members, representing Chapters in at least three States, on giving thirty 
day's notice, specifying the time and place of meeting and the business 
to be transacted. 

Sec. 5. All Honorary and Ex-Officers of the National Society may 
attend the meetings ol the Continental Congress and participate in its 
deliberations, but shall not be entitled to vote. 

ARTICLE VI. 

NATIONAL, BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. 

Section i. The National Board of Management shall be composed of 
the active officers of the National Society and a State Regent from each 
State or Territory, to be chosen by the Delegates from each State and 



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Territory to the Continental Congress at the annual meeting. The officers 
of the National Society shall be ex officio officers of the Board of Manage- 
ment. The Board shall meet at least once every four months, and at such 
times as the exigencies of the Society may demand, on the call of the 
President. Seven members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 
of business. 

Sec. 2. The Board of Management shall have full power Xo manage 
the business of the Society, to enact by-laws, prescribe rules and regula- 
tions for the guidence of the officers of the Society, to approve all appli- 
cations for membership, to establish new offices if necessary, to fill 
vacancies in office till the next meeting of the Congress, and in general 
to do all things necessary for the prosperity and success of the Society, 
subject, however, to the approval of the Continental Congress ; but all 
acts of the Board shall be legal and binding until disapproved by the 
Congre.ss, 

Skc. 3. A National Executive Committee of nine, of which the Presi- 
dent General shall be Chairman ex officio, shall be elected by the National 
Board of Management from its members, and shall, in the interim be- 
tween the meetings of the Board, transact such business as shall be dele- 
gated to it by the National Board of Management. 

Sec. 4. The President General may call meetings of the National 
Board of Management and the Executive Committee at anj' time she may 



CONSTITUTION. 17 



deem necessary, and shall call such meeting upon the written request of 
any five members thereof, provided that not less than five days' notice of 
the time and place of such meeting shall be given. 

ARTlCIvB VII. 
CHAPTERS. 

Section i. When twelve members of the Society shall be living in one 
locality they may, after formal authorization by the National Board of 
Management, organize a Chapter. They may elect a presiding officer, 
whose title will be Regent, and who will be a Delegate to the Continental 
Congress of the National Society, a Secretary, a Registrar, and such othei 
officers as ma}* be required.^ 

*It will be observed from the foregoing aud Article IV, .Section 4. of the By-Laws, that 
in order to facilitate the organization and extension of the Society in all the .States and 
Territories of the Union, two methods of forming Chapters are allowable under the 
Constitution. 

One method authorizes twelve members of the Society living in one locality to come 
together to form a Chapter and elect a Regent, Secretarj^ Registrar, Treasurer, 
other oflScers, and, if desired, a Local Board of Management. 

The other method contemplates the selection and appointment by the State Regent 
(or in States that have no State Regent, by the Vice President General in Charge of 
Organization) of Chapter Regents, to whom authority is given to form Chapters in 
given localities, and to appoint officers for those Chapters for the first year. 

Both methods are legitimate and consistent with the spirit ot ihe Constitution. 
Twelve members in both cases must be obtained before the Chapter can be organized. 
No one shall be a member oi more than one Chapter at the same time. 



CONSTITUTION. 



Sec. 2. After a Local Board of Management shall have been established, 
all applications for membership shall be passed upon by the Local Board, 
and if the applicant shall be deemed satisfactor}^ and her eligibility es- 
tablished, the application shall receive the endorsement of the Regent, 
Secretary, and Registrar, and be forwarded to the National Board of 
Management for final action. 

Sec. 3. The local Chapters may enact by-laws for their own govern- 
ment, in harmony with the Constitution of the National Society. 



ARTICLE VIIL 

INITIATION, DUES AND LIABILITIES. 

Section i. The initiation fee to the National Society shall be one 
dollar, and the annual dues two dollars, payable in advance on or before 
the 22d day of February in each 3'ear. • 

Sec. 2. The payment of twenty-five dollars at one time shall constitute 
a life membership and exempt the member from further payment of dues. 

Sec. 3. The local Chapters shall be entitled to retain one-half of the 
annual dues and one-half of the life membership fees paid to them, respect- 
ivel}^, for their own use. The local Chapters may by by-law make pro- 
vision for the collection of additional dues for their own use. 



CONSTITUTION. I9 



Sec. 4. The sum of three dollars, covering the initation fee and the 
annual dues for the current year, must accompany each application pre- 
sented to the National Society direct. The sum of two dollars, covering 
the initiation fee and one-half the annual dues' for the current year, shall 
accompany each application forwarded to the National Society through 
any local Chapter. 

Sec. 5. A member who shall remain in arrears for dues for three 
months after notice of her indebtedness has been sent her may be dropped 
from the rolls by the Board of Management ; but no one shall be dropped 
until after two notices of arrears shall have been given her 

Sec. 6. No debt or liability, except the ordinary current expenses of 
the National Society, shall be incurred, nor any project or plan requiring 
the expenditure of money shall be entered into for which the National 
Society shall be responsible, expect by a vote of three-fourths of the 
Board of Management ; and every obligation for the payment of money, 
except checks drawn against deposits, executed in the name or in behalf 
of the National Society shall be null and void. 

ARTICLE IX. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Amendments to this Constitution may be offered at any meeting of the 
Board of Management, but shall not be acted upon until the next meeting 



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thereof. If approved by a majority of the Board, a copy thereof shall be 
sent to the Regent and Secretary of every Chapter, and to each State 
Regent, at least thirty days prior to the meeting of the Continental Con- 
gress of the Society at which it is proposed to be acted upon, and if 
adoped by a majority of the Congress, such amendments shall be in full 
force thereafter. 



BY-LAWS. 

ARTICLE I. 

EI.ECTION OF OFFICERS. 

Nominations of officers shall be made from the floor, and the election 
shall be by ballot. A majority shall elect. 

ARTICLE II. 

OFFICERS. 

The duties of the general officers shall be such as usually appertain to 
their offices, and they shall have such other duties as are hereinafter 
imposed. They shall report at the annual meeting, and at such other 
times as may, by the National Board of Managemen t, be directed.* 

* No officer of the National S^d^ty, noTstlte Regent, nor Chapter Regent is author- 
ised to ^Suecfrculars in regard to the National Society or organization of Chapters 
"^ifjwulTpp'Z^^ This is necessary in order to preserve uniformity and 

to prevent conflict of authority. 

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ARTICLE III. 

PRESIDENT GENERAIv. 

Section i. The President General, in addition to her general duties, 
shall be ex officio Chairman of the National Board of Management and of 
the Executive Committee, and a member of every other committee. 

Sec. 2. At each annual meeting she shall appoint the following Stand- 
ins: Committees : 

Finance Committee, 
Auditing Committee, 
Printing Committee, 
Revolutionary Relics Committee. 

The duties of the above committees shall be such as usually pertain to 
committees of like character, and such as may be defined by the Board 
of Management. 

ARTICLE IV. 
VICE PRESIDENTS GENERAI, AND STATE REGENTS. 

Section i. In the absence of the President General from any session 
of the Continental Congress, or from a meeting of the National Board of 
INIanagement, one of the Vice Presidents General shall be elected to 
' preside. 



BY-I,A\VS. 



Sec. 2. In the prolonged absence or inability to act of the President 
General, the executive authority shall be vested in the Vice President 
General who may be selected by the Board of Management for that 
purpose. 

Sec. 3. The Vice President General in Charge of Organization of 
Chapters shall have authority to nominate one State Regent for the first 
year, to be elected by the Board. -^ She shall have general supervision of 
the organization of Chapters, in connection with the respective State 
Regents, and shall perform such other duties as may be entrusted to her 
by the National Board of Management. 

Sec. 4. The State Regent shall have power to appoint the Regents of 
Chapters in their respective States and Territories for the first year, sub- 
ject to the approval of the National Board of Management,! and be 
charged with the active work of organization therein, subject to the 
general supervision of the Vice President General in Charge of Organiza- 
tion of Chapters. 

Sec. 5. The Regents of Chapters shall have power to appoint the 
officers of their respective Chapters for the first year. 

Sec. 6. No State or Honorary State Regent shall be appointed or 



* After the first year the State Regent is elected by the Delegates from her State to 
the Continental Congress. 
fBut see foot note on page 11, ante. 



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elected who is uot a resident of the State she represents ; and no one 
shall hold more than one oflSce at the same time in the Daughters of the 
American Revolution. 

Sec. 7. No officer shall be elected by the National Board of Manage- 
ment at the same meeting at which she is nominated. The name of the 
candidate for election must be presented in writing, together with the 
qualifications that would make her a desirable member, and the election 
shall be by ballot."^ 

ARTICLE V. 
SECRETARIES GENERAL. 

Section i. The Recording Secretary General shall keep a record of 
all the meetings of the National Society, the Board of Management, and 
the Executive Committee ; have charge of the seal ; give due notice of 
all meetings of the National Society or National Board of Management 
or Executive Committee, give due notice to all General Officers and 
Chapters of all votes, orders and proceedings affecting or appertaining 
to their duties, and generally perform such acts as pertain to her office. 

Sec. 2. The Corresponding Secretary General shall attend to all cor- 
respondence of the Society and Board of Management ; distribute all 
pamphlets, circulars, rosettes, and supplies, as directed by the National 
Board of Management, and perform such other duties as may be directed 
bv the Board. 



* Adopted April 5, 1894. 



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ARTICLE VI. 

TREASURER GENERAL. 

Section, i. The Treasurer General shall collect and receive the funds 
and securities of the National vSociety. She shall deposit the same to the 
credit of the Daughters of the American Revoi^ution, and shall 
draw them thence for the use of the National Society as directed by it, 
or by the National Board of Management, upon the order of the Presi- 
dent General countersigned by the Recording Secretary General. Her 
accounts shall be audited by a committee to be appointed at the annual 
meeting. 

Sec. 2, She shall, if so required by the National Board of Management 
or the Executive Committee, give bond for the safe custody and applica- 
tion of the funds. 

ARTICLE VII. 

REGISTRARS GENERAL. 

The Jlegistrars General shall keep a register of the names and dates of 
the election, resignation, or death, of all members of the several Chapters, 
and shall have the care and custody of all applications for membership, 
duplicates of which, properly approved by the National Officers, shall be 
retained by the Registrars of the Chapters. The Registrars General shall 
examine all applications for membership, and approve the same if the 
applicant is found eligible ; if not, they shall return the same for cor- 



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rection, pointing out the defects. They shall report all applications to 
the National Board of Management for final action. 

ARTlCIvB VIII. 

HISTORIAN GENERAI.. 

The Historian General shall have the custody of all the historical and 
biographical collections of which the National Society may become pos- 
sessed, and shall catalogue and arrange the same, and shall place the 
same in a fireproof repository for preservation. She shall prepare, for 
official publication by the Society, historical and biographical sketches 
of the Revolutionary ancestors of members, and of distinguished women 

of the Revolution. 

ARTICLE IX. 

CHAPIvAIN GENERAI,. 

The Chaplain General shall conduct such services as occasion may 

require. 

ARTICLE X. 

SURGEON GENERAL. 

The Surgeon "General shall examine into the sanitary conditions of the 
place selected for the Continental Congress and report on the same before 
the Congress convenes ; and she shall provide medical attendance, with 
facilities for prompt relief, in case of accident or illness of members dur- 
ing the Congress, and preform such other duties as may be entrusted to 
her bv the Board of Management. 



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ARTICI.E XI. 

CHAPTERS. 

I 

Every Chapter shall 

(i) Notify the Corresponding Secretary General of the election and 
appointment of all Officers and Delegates. 

(2) Pay to the Treasurer General, on or before the 22d day of February, 
the sum of one dollar for each active member thereof. 

(3) Transmit to the Registrar General all approved applications for 
membership for final action by the Board, and notify her of the resigna- 
tion or death of any member thereof. 

(4) Duplicates of such reports shall be sent by each Chapter to its 
State Regent. 

(5) Each Chapter shall elect its Regent, Secretary, Registrar, Treasurer, 
other officers, and Local Board of Management at that time of the year 
that best suits its convenience, but the Delegates must be elected on or 
before the ist of February preceding the Continental Congress. 

(6) Each Chapter 'shall be entitled, upon payment of the cost thereof, 
to a certificate or charter duly certifying its name, location, date, officers, 
and organizing members, which shall be signed by the President General 
and Recording Secretary General, attested by the seal of the National 
Society, and countersigned by the State Regent. 

(7) Chapters must not be named for living persons ; and unless there 



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is good and sufficient reason, they should not be named for persons who 
belong to a later historical period than the one ending in 1820. 

ARTICLE XII. 

SEAL. 
The seal of the Society shall be one and seven-eighths of an inch in 
diameter, charged with the figure of a dame of the Revolutionary time 




sitting at her spinning-wheel, with thirteen stars above her, the whole 
surrounded by a rim containing the legend, " Daughters of the American 
Revolution, 1776-1890," and the motto, "Home and Country." 



BY-I,AWS. 



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ARTICLE XIII. 
CERTIFICATES. 
Each member of the Society shall be entitled to a certificate of mem- 
bership, duly attested by the President General, Recording Secretary 
General, a Registrar General, and the seal of the National Society. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

INSIGNIA. 

The insignia of the Society shall consist of a badge in the form of a 
spinning-wheel and distaff, to be worn on ceremonial occasions upon a 
bow of ribbon. The wheel is seven-eighths of an inch in diameter and 




of gold, with thirteen spokes, and a field of light blue enamel upon its 
tire bearing the name of the Society in letters of gold. Upon its outer 



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rim, opposite the ends of the spokes, are thirteen small stars, which may 
be set with precious stones at the discretion of the owner. Underneath 
the wheel is a golden distaff one and one-half inches long filled with 
silver flax. Upon the back of the wheel the registration number of the 
ow'ner shall be engraved, and her name may be added. The ribbon to 
be worn with the wheel is dark blue with a white edge, ribbed and watered, 
following the colors of Washington's staff. A rosette of the prescribed 
ribbon, attached to a stick pin, may be worn as an informal badge upon 
ordinary occasions. 

ARTICLB XV. 

ORDEIR OF BUSINESS. 

At the meetings or the Board of Management the following order of 
business shall be observed : ist. Prayer by Chaplain General. 2d. Read- 
ing of minutes of previous meeting and their approval. 3d. Reports of 
Ofl&cers and Standing Committees. 4th. Reports of Select Committees. 
5th. Unfinished business. 6th. New business. 7th. Miscellaneous busi- 
ness. > 

ARTICLE XVI. 

ADVISORY BOARD. 

The National Board of Management may elect from the members of 
the Society an Advisory Board, of not more than ten members, for the 
purposes of consultation and advice as to matters pertaining to the suc- 
cess of the Societv. 



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ARTICLE XVII. 

GUESTS. 

The wives of Sons of the American Revolution and Sons of the Revo- 
lution who are not eligible to membership may be included in all social 
events of the Society in which their husbands are invited to participate, 
and husbands of members of this Society who are not eligible to mem- 
bership in the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution or Sons 
of the Revolution may also be invited. 

ARTICLE XVIII. 

DISCIPLINE. 

Any member conducting herself, either at the Chapter meetings or 
elsewhere, in a way calculated to disturb the harmony of the Society, or 
to impair its good name or prosperity, or to injure the reputation of any 
member thereof, may, after thorough investigation, be reprimanded, sus- 
pended, or expelled, as the National Board of Management may decide. 

ARTICLE XIX. 

AMENDMENTS. 

These By-Laws may be altered or amended by a vote of three-fourths 
of the members present at any meeting of the National Board of Man- 
agement, written notice thereof having been given at a previous meeting. 



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1. The applications, when properly filled out and endorsed by at least 
one member of the Society, should be forwarded to the Registrar of the 
Chapter or to the Registrars General. 

2. Fees and dues of Chapter members should be paid to the Chapter 
Treasurers. Fees and dues of the members at large should be forwarded 
to the Treasurer General by Check or Money Order. Never by Cash. 

3. Communications in regard to the formation of Chapters should be 
addressed to the State Regent or to the Vice President General in Charge 
of Organization. 

4. Certificates of membership and permits for the Ceremonial Badge 
are issued by the Registrars General. 

5. Charters are issued by the Recording Secretary General. 

6. All requests for supplies, all orders for Rosettes (the informal badge 
of the Society), and all communications addressed to the National Board 
should be sent to the Corresponding Secretary General. 



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